Review The Mummy (2017)
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I don't know why the studios release so many clips.
Seeing so many bits of the movie gives too much away - and almost make it a bit pointless going to see it!
Box Office projections are not good on The Mummy though.
A panicking studio trying to tempt people to see it with an abundance of clips?
Seeing so many bits of the movie gives too much away - and almost make it a bit pointless going to see it!
Box Office projections are not good on The Mummy though.
A panicking studio trying to tempt people to see it with an abundance of clips?
Well by this point I think we've just about seen all of it. But given that they keep making announcements about other films in their "Dark Universe" I guess they really need this to be successful. Everyone wants to copy the Marvel Universe but no one wants to take their time and build it up slowly like Marvel did.
I'm on board with that. I'd much rather see a film about Droopy Dawg than another film about superheroes with a closetful of psychological 'droopy drawers'...I think it's about time the Comic Book movie factory DC and Marvel have become start getting some serious competition, because even a film about Droopy would be better than some of the superhero crud they have churned out.
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Tom Cruise's The Mummy gets some grim reviews
The reboot of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise has received some scathing reviews from critics.
The film, which is released in the UK on 9 June, also stars Annabelle Wallis and Russell Crowe.
Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw said: "This has some nice moments but is basically a mess.
"The plot sags like an aeon-old decaying limb: a jumble of ideas and scenes from what look like different screenplay drafts."
'Monster fail'
Empire was slightly more kind, with Dan Jolin awarding the film three stars.
"It's running and jumping grin-flashing business as usual for Cruise, once more on safe character territory as an Ethan Hunt-esque action protagonist who couples up with a much younger woman, while another woman chases after him," he wrote.
"And if the next instalment-teasing conclusion is anything to go by, Cruise seemed to have enough fun making this that he may just return for more."
Geoffrey Macnab gave the film two stars in his review for The Independent.
"The stunts are by far the best element here," he said.
Whether it's planes being torn apart, Cruise and Wallis driving through the woods with the Mummy in pursuit or the very spectacular finale, the visual effects are first rate.
"Whenever the action stops, though, the film becomes derivative and empty headed."
Writing in Rolling Stone, Peter Travers described the film as a "monster fail".
"For all the huffing and puffing and digital desperation from overworked computers, this reboot lands onscreen with a resounding thud," he said.
"Tom Cruise should have played the Mummy - that way his face would be swathed in bandages and his fans wouldn't have to see him sweat so hard to get this lumbering loser off the ground."
Needless to say, he gave the film one star.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety said the film was "too busy to be much fun".
"The problem at its heart is that the reality of what the movie is - a Tom Cruise vehicle - is at war with the material," he said.
The Telegraph's Rebecca Hawkes gave the film three stars but criticised some aspects of the film, writing: "Perhaps the real problem, ultimately, is the characters themselves."
She added: "The reason the Marvel shared universe, which took years to build up, works, is because all of its superheroes feel engagingly human: Fully-formed characters we actually want to spend time with. Here, the writing is one-note, and the leads little more than placeholders.
"Universal's monster franchise has made it out of the tomb, just about - but if this rebirth is going to sustain itself long term, it's going to need a little more meat under its bandages."
The reboot of The Mummy starring Tom Cruise has received some scathing reviews from critics.
The film, which is released in the UK on 9 June, also stars Annabelle Wallis and Russell Crowe.
Writing in The Guardian, Peter Bradshaw said: "This has some nice moments but is basically a mess.
"The plot sags like an aeon-old decaying limb: a jumble of ideas and scenes from what look like different screenplay drafts."
'Monster fail'
Empire was slightly more kind, with Dan Jolin awarding the film three stars.
"It's running and jumping grin-flashing business as usual for Cruise, once more on safe character territory as an Ethan Hunt-esque action protagonist who couples up with a much younger woman, while another woman chases after him," he wrote.
"And if the next instalment-teasing conclusion is anything to go by, Cruise seemed to have enough fun making this that he may just return for more."
Geoffrey Macnab gave the film two stars in his review for The Independent.
"The stunts are by far the best element here," he said.
Whether it's planes being torn apart, Cruise and Wallis driving through the woods with the Mummy in pursuit or the very spectacular finale, the visual effects are first rate.
"Whenever the action stops, though, the film becomes derivative and empty headed."
Writing in Rolling Stone, Peter Travers described the film as a "monster fail".
"For all the huffing and puffing and digital desperation from overworked computers, this reboot lands onscreen with a resounding thud," he said.
"Tom Cruise should have played the Mummy - that way his face would be swathed in bandages and his fans wouldn't have to see him sweat so hard to get this lumbering loser off the ground."
Needless to say, he gave the film one star.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety said the film was "too busy to be much fun".
"The problem at its heart is that the reality of what the movie is - a Tom Cruise vehicle - is at war with the material," he said.
The Telegraph's Rebecca Hawkes gave the film three stars but criticised some aspects of the film, writing: "Perhaps the real problem, ultimately, is the characters themselves."
She added: "The reason the Marvel shared universe, which took years to build up, works, is because all of its superheroes feel engagingly human: Fully-formed characters we actually want to spend time with. Here, the writing is one-note, and the leads little more than placeholders.
"Universal's monster franchise has made it out of the tomb, just about - but if this rebirth is going to sustain itself long term, it's going to need a little more meat under its bandages."
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Despite Reviews, “The Mummy” To Open Big
Reviews for Universal Pictures’ “The Mummy” have been utterly dire, with the film clocking up just 21% and a 4.4/10 average rating on Rotten Tomatoes, putting it behind last Summer’s notable flop “Suicide Squad”. The domestic box-office forecast for this weekend isn’t very promising either with the $125 million-budge movie looking to score a $35 million domestic opening.
However, what may save it is the overseas market where Tom Cruise has been hard at work on the press rounds for this. That effort is paying off, with the overseas box-office projections to be in the $125-150 million range from playing in 63 territories.
That puts the movie in reach of surpassing the $167.4 million three day worldwide box office opening for the Cruise-led “War of the Worlds” over a decade ago, and so make it the actor’s biggest global bow in the process.
The big question though is will Alex Kurtzman’s action/horror film earn enough for the studio to continue on with its planned shared cinematic universe of classic Universal monster film reboots.
Reviews for Universal Pictures’ “The Mummy” have been utterly dire, with the film clocking up just 21% and a 4.4/10 average rating on Rotten Tomatoes, putting it behind last Summer’s notable flop “Suicide Squad”. The domestic box-office forecast for this weekend isn’t very promising either with the $125 million-budge movie looking to score a $35 million domestic opening.
However, what may save it is the overseas market where Tom Cruise has been hard at work on the press rounds for this. That effort is paying off, with the overseas box-office projections to be in the $125-150 million range from playing in 63 territories.
That puts the movie in reach of surpassing the $167.4 million three day worldwide box office opening for the Cruise-led “War of the Worlds” over a decade ago, and so make it the actor’s biggest global bow in the process.
The big question though is will Alex Kurtzman’s action/horror film earn enough for the studio to continue on with its planned shared cinematic universe of classic Universal monster film reboots.
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Currently at 20% on Rotten Tomatoes
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Make that 17%
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“Mummy” Reboot Director Talks Its Problems
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-dark-universe.2540/page-3#post-54979
https://www.imdforums.com/threads/the-dark-universe.2540/page-3#post-54979
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I finally caught up with this a few months ago, but it just wasn't very engaging. And owed nothing to the shuffling, shambling black and white bandaged things that worked their way into horror film fans hearts.
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The Mummy reviewed by Mark Kermode